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- Republican Push to EndIRS 'Free-Fund' for Illegals9 February 2012, 4:07 pm
Pay no taxes, get an IRS check for up to $1,800 — it's a loophole that GOP lawmakers want closed URGENT: 49 States Accept $25-Billion Foreclosure Abuse SettlementHouse Passes Insider Trading BillHappening Now: Live Chat ...
- Obama Skirts Congress, Gives StatesA Pass on 'No Child Left Behind' Law9 February 2012, 4:07 pm
President Obama will again bypass Congress and grant waivers to at least 10 states struggling to meet 'No Child Left Behind' student proficiency requirements — a move that Republicans charge oversteps the president's authority. NJ Gov. Christie: Union Chief Should Resign Over School Voucher CommentHedge Fund Manager Wines and Dines With Gov. ChristieLawmakers Take Up Battle Over Union DuesFull Coverage: No Child Left Behind ... - Was US 'Scoping Out' Aid Plan for Syrian Rebels?9 February 2012, 4:07 pm
Report says US officials were considering an aid plan but say any efforts were purely 'academic'VIDEO: The Syrian Crisis Now Activists: Dozens Killed in HomsChina: Syria Veto Won't Hurt Cooperation With USGermany Expels 4 Syrian Diplomats for Alleged Spying ... - Obama May Waive Away Birth-Control Rule Dispute9 February 2012, 4:07 pm
POWER PLAY: Obama could cool heat over contraceptive requirements by exempting some institutions from rule Democrats Split Over Obama's Birth-Control RuleVIDEO: What's the Political Fallout for Obama? ... - Cops: Teen Killed Grandma To Make His Uncle Suffer9 February 2012, 4:07 pm
Police say Florida teen stabbed grandmother 93 times so uncle would suffer having to live without herPolice: Father Killed Couple Over a Feud on FacebookMan Killed After Firing Shotgun at NY Courthouse ... - Sexy Gadgets to Get Cookin'9 February 2012, 4:06 pm
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- Obama approval rating 'below historical re-election standard'...9 February 2012, 3:30 pm
Obama approval rating 'below historical re-election standard'...(Third column, 12th story, link)Related stories:INTRADE BETS: 60% chance...Obama to Wall Street: I'll hit Mitt, but don't take it personally... ... - Obama to Wall Street: I'll hit Mitt, but don't take it personally...9 February 2012, 3:30 pm
Obama to Wall Street: I'll hit Mitt, but don't take it personally...(Third column, 14th story, link)Related stories:Obama approval rating 'below historical re-election standard'...INTRADE BETS: 60% chance... ... - Pregnant teen kidnapped, beaten by jealous boyfriend...9 February 2012, 3:30 pm
Pregnant teen kidnapped, beaten by jealous boyfriend...(Third column, 17th story, link) ... - Video shows China aircraft carrier in sea trials...9 February 2012, 3:30 pm
Video shows China aircraft carrier in sea trials...(Third column, 15th story, link) ... - Man drowns trying to save girlfriend; she had already escaped sinking car...9 February 2012, 3:30 pm
Man drowns trying to save girlfriend; she had already escaped sinking car...(Third column, 16th story, link) ... - INTRADE BETS: 60% chance...9 February 2012, 3:30 pm
INTRADE BETS: 60% chance...(Third column, 13th story, link)Related stories:Obama approval rating 'below historical re-election standard'...Obama to Wall Street: I'll hit Mitt, but don't take it personally... ...
- Gingrich's Iowa bounce helped by Cain backers19 January 2038, 3:14 am
Hayley Peterson Examiner Staff Writer DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican presidential contenders Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann are attracting most of businessman Herman Cain's former Iowa supporters, according to Steve Grubbs, Cain's top Iowa adviser. Cain lost roughly 25 percent of his Iowa supporters in the month of November, after several women alleged Cain sexually harassed the... - Romney's watchwords in Iowa: Divide and conquer4 January 2025, 1:05 am
Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst Elections are contests held during a moment in time between candidates who have records stretching back, often far back, into the past. So there is always a tension between the man (or woman) who is running and the moment. That tension is greater than usual when the contest is for the nomination of a political party dominated by a large numb... - N.Y.'s Cuomo tops Dems' 2016 list while O'Malley is at the bottom6 February 2012, 1:05 am
Paul Bedard Examiner Columnist Win or lose in the fall elections, President Obama will be off the 2016 ballot and many Democrats are already considering a shot at the White House. Topping the list, say several Democratic insiders: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, among the nation's most popular governors for his budget toughness and Clintonesque charisma. "I don't know of anybody who top... - Virginia GOP hits limits pushing conservative agenda5 February 2012, 1:10 am
Steve Contorno Examiner Staff Writer A laserlike focus by Virginia Republicans on gays, guns and God have defined the first month of the new General Assembly, but there remains a line even some conservatives don't want to cross just yet. Since Republicans took full control in Richmond in January, conservative social bills ar... - Obama's energy plan mixed bag for Va.3 February 2012, 1:05 am
Steve Contorno Examiner Staff Writer Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell remains at odds with President Obama over the issue of energy, even as Obama moved Thursday to fast track a critical piece of McDonnell's own energy agenda. The Obama administration completed a review that showed offshore wind energy projects posed little threat... - Leaked NATO report says Taliban plan to rule Afghanistan after U.S. leaves2 February 2012, 1:05 am
Sara A. Carter National security correspondent A NATO report leaked to British news outlets found that Taliban leaders are confident they will regain power in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdraws, and said the insurgency has not been seriously eroded by the military efforts of America and its allies. That report illustrates t...
- Santorum in Mitt's crosshairs9 February 2012, 3:31 pm
Opening several lines of attack.... - US may seek to 'militarize' Syria crisis9 February 2012, 3:13 pm
Not a good idea - at this time.... - Air Force office removes 'God' from logo9 February 2012, 2:57 pm
At the request of the "Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers?"... - Will Romney charm conservatives at CPAC?9 February 2012, 2:20 pm
It is doubtful he will be greeted with open arms.... - Greek bailout: Coalition partners can't agree on austerity program9 February 2012, 2:07 pm
Default is becoming more real by the day.... - USDA 'discrimination awards' for Hispanic farmers massively increased9 February 2012, 1:52 pm
Welcome to Cook County's way of doing business: buying votes one vote at a time....
- The Underlying Issue of the 2012 Campaign9 February 2012, 6:04 am
Though it's easily ignored, the very foundation of the 2012 elections is the angst of the American people.... - Will 'Known Unknowns' Put Romney into the White House?9 February 2012, 6:04 am
How the emerging "Super-PACs" could land an undeserving and uninspiring candidate a seat in the Oval Office.... - Turnout Proves That Mitt Really Did Scorch the Earth9 February 2012, 6:04 am
Mitt Romney's scorched-earth campaign might serve him in the primary, but it is a surefire losing strategy in the general.... - Tarnished Halos9 February 2012, 6:04 am
Behold the halo organization: a left-wing entity whose unassailable reputation masks untold quantities of internal rot. The Komen Foundation could take Planned Parenthood as an example.... - First Global Warming - Now Global Sweetening!9 February 2012, 6:03 am
From the same sort of academic busybodies who gave us the ever-popular global warming panic comes a new prediction of catastrophe.... - Is Exporting Democracy Subversive?9 February 2012, 6:02 am
Egypt's Field Marshall Mohamed Hussein Tantawi certainly seems to think so....
- Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial cross9 February 2012, 2:55 pm
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Supporters of a war memorial cross deemed unconstitutional last year by a federal court plan to ask the Supreme Court to reverse the decision, amid a growing fight nationwide over the use of religious symbols to honor fallen troops. A nonprofit legal firm, Liberty Institute in Washington, planned ...... - McCain: U.S. must act to help Syrians under siege9 February 2012, 1:31 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain on Thursday said the United States should find ways to help the Syrian people under siege from President Bashar Assad, without putting American "boots on the ground." Mr. McCain told "CBS This Morning" there are several options available, ranging from medical care and ...... - Official: 10 states get education waiver9 February 2012, 11:11 am
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students, the Associated Press has learned. The first 10 states to receive the ...... - Hot-button social issues burst back onto radar in GOP race9 February 2012, 2:20 am
It's no longer just the economy, stupid. Supplanted in recent election cycles by economic concerns, social issues such as gay marriage, abortion and religious freedom have elbowed their way back into the political debate in the 2012 presidential race. From President Obama's decision to mandate contraception coverage and a fight ...... - House passes bill giving president line-item veto9 February 2012, 2:02 am
The House has taken the unusual move of agreeing to cede some of its highly guarded purse string power to the White House, voting Wednesday to give the president a modified line-item veto on spending bills. The rare bipartisan measure would give President Obama the authority he and many predecessors ...... - Worried conservatives descend on Washington's CPAC9 February 2012, 1:59 am
Bound by a common desire to deny President Obama a second term, restive activists gathering Thursday for the 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington find themselves lacking a clear champion in the suddenly scrambled Republican race to choose an alternative. CPAC attendees — expected to number more than ......
- IN THE MAIL: World Divided: Book Two of the Secret World Chronicle. …9 February 2012, 4:00 pm
IN THE MAIL: World Divided: Book Two of the Secret World Chronicle.... - MORE HUMAN-RIGHTS HYPOCRISY: Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón found guilty in wiretapping case. “The…9 February 2012, 3:59 pm
MORE HUMAN-RIGHTS HYPOCRISY: Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón found guilty in wiretapping case. “The Spanish judge celebrated for pursuing international human rights cases was convicted of overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption investigation on Thursday, the culmination of a spectacular fall from grace.” (Via Jose Guardia, who offers much more background.)... - MARGOT KAMINSKI: Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We Already …9 February 2012, 3:40 pm
MARGOT KAMINSKI: Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We Already Have.... - DEREK THOMPSON IN THE ATLANTIC: Rick Santorum Is Right: Gas Prices Caused the Great Recession. “Th…9 February 2012, 3:37 pm
DEREK THOMPSON IN THE ATLANTIC: Rick Santorum Is Right: Gas Prices Caused the Great Recession. “This sounds stupid to some writers. (Most of these writers were more likely to find Santorum stupid before he made that comment.) But it’s not very stupid, at all.” So what does it mean now, when gas prices are predicted [...]... - GEORGE LEEF: After College, What?
What the study found is not the least bit surprising. Students…9 February 2012, 3:26 pm
GEORGE LEEF: After College, What? What the study found is not the least bit surprising. Students who learned little in college (as evidenced by scoring in the bottom quintile on the College Learning Assessment) were three times as likely to be unemployed as students who scored in the top quintile, twice as likely to be [...]... - OBAMA EXPORT ADVISER EXPORTS JOBS. Obvious defense: See, he’s an expert at exports!…9 February 2012, 3:19 pm
OBAMA EXPORT ADVISER EXPORTS JOBS. Obvious defense: See, he’s an expert at exports!...
...- The political transformation of Barack Obama9 February 2012, 10:20 am
Obama, for all his talk of moving beyond conventional political tricks, is resorting to them. ... - Mitt Romney's CPAC adventure9 February 2012, 1:56 pm
His speech will be among the most anticipated. ... - GOP's message to Mitt: Step it up9 February 2012, 10:52 am
Romney's poor performance Tuesday is prompting them to go public with a bracing message. ... - Some Catholic Dems bail on Obama9 February 2012, 11:37 am
They join GOP chorus of critics on contraception. ... - Even the easy bills get stuck9 February 2012, 11:32 am
Three initiatives with wide support are staggering like a beaten boxer in the final round. ...
- A Fistful of Rebates (iowahawk)9 February 2012, 4:25 pm
iowahawk: A Fistful of Rebates — It's halftime. — Both teams are in their locker rooms discussing what they can do to win this game in the second half. Diagramming plays. Texting their agents and German supermodel wives. Reviewing Belichick's aerial spy photos. — It's halftime in America, too.... - Compromise? Not So Fast (Michael Sean Winters/ncronline.org)9 February 2012, 4:20 pm
Michael Sean Winters / ncronline.org: Compromise? Not So Fast — Yesterday, Politico reported that David Axelrod, the President's chief political strategist, admitted that the administration needs to revisit the issue of conscience exemptions and the HHS mandates. Axelrod, however, also re-stated the administration's lame arguments for the original decision.... - Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage bill (Associated Press)9 February 2012, 4:15 pm
Associated Press: Washington state lawmakers pass gay marriage bill — OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state lawmakers voted to approve gay marriage Wednesday, setting the stage for the state to become the seventh in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. — The action comes a day after a federal … ... - Whose Conscience? (Linda Greenhouse/Opinionator)9 February 2012, 4:15 pm
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator: Whose Conscience? — In the escalating conflict over the new federal requirement that employers include contraception coverage without a co-pay in the insurance plans they make available to their employees, opposition from the Catholic church and its allies is making headway … ... - On Birth Control, Obama Saved By The Taco Bell? (Alec MacGillis/The New Republic)9 February 2012, 4:10 pm
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic: On Birth Control, Obama Saved By The Taco Bell? — Well. Just when it looked like Barack Obama had wound himself into the ultimate pretzel on the new rule mandating that employers, including large Catholic institutions, cover birth control in their health plans, it looks like he may be saved … ... - Colorado student charged in "glitter bomb" of Romney (Keith Coffman/Reuters)9 February 2012, 4:05 pm
Keith Coffman / Reuters: Colorado student charged in “glitter bomb” of Romney — (Reuters) - A Colorado student faced misdemeanor charges on Wednesday for flinging glitter toward Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney in an increasingly frequent protest act some commentators say should be subject to prosecution....
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